IC 1121
IC 1121
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
190k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1121 as it looked roughly 622 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5931Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1102Spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5920Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1102Spiral62 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).